Tag: Ukraine

Putin Concedes ‘There Can Be No Winners in a Nuclear War’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that there would be no winners if a nuclear war broke out and said it should not be considered. “Russia consistently follows the letter and spirit of the [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons],” Putin wrote, according to state-run media. Moscow’s “obligations under bilateral agreements with the United…


Russia Ramps up Sanctions by Banning 39 UK Politicians and Journalists

David Cameron, Sir Keir Starmer, and BBC presenter Huw Edwards are among the latest UK politicians and journalists to be banned from Russia. The Russian foreign ministry issued a list of 39 newly sanctioned individuals it said are no longer allowed to enter the Russian Federation. It said the action was in response to UK…


Russia Hits Southern Ukraine City, Killing Grain Exporter, Governor Says

KYIV—Heavy Russian strikes hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv overnight and early on Sunday, killing the owner of one of the country’s largest grain producing and exporting companies, the local governor said. Oleksiy Vadatursky, founder and owner of agriculture company Nibulon and his wife, were killed in their home, Mykolaiv Governor Vitaliy Kim…


Russia Hits Southern Ukraine City, Killing Grain Export Tycoon, Governor Says

KYIV—Heavy Russian strikes hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv early on Sunday, killing the owner of one of the country’s largest grain exporters, while Russia said a Ukrainian drone struck its Black Sea fleet headquarters in Sevastopol. Oleksiy Vadatursky, founder and owner of agriculture company Nibulon, and his wife were killed in their…


Russian Official Says Ukraine Carried out Drone Attack on Black Sea Fleet Headquarters

A senior official in Russian-annexed Crimea accused Ukraine on Sunday of carrying out a drone attack ahead of planned celebrations to mark Navy Day, injuring five and forcing the cancellation of festivities. The accusation comes hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to oversee Navy Day celebrations in his hometown of St Petersburg and…


Zelenskyy Announces Mandatory Evacuation of Donetsk Region

KYIV—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia. In a late-night television address, Zelenskyy also said the hundreds of thousands of people still in combat zones in the larger Donbas region, which contains Donetsk as well…


Ukraine Claims Scores of Russians Killed in Kherson Fighting

ODESA/KYIV, Ukraine—The Ukrainian military said on Saturday it had killed scores of Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition dumps in fighting in the Kherson region, the focus of Kyiv’s counter-offensive in the south and a key link in Moscow’s supply lines. Rail traffic to Kherson over the Dnipro River had been cut, the military’s southern…


Canada’s Ambassador to Ukraine Working Off-Site in Kyiv Due to Security Concerns

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the flag over the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv in May and announced it was reopening for business. Nearly three months on, Canada’s ambassador to Ukraine is not back at her old desk, but is instead working at another location in Kyiv with her staff for security reasons. Russian forces, which…


Russia’s Lavrov Says Moscow Will Propose Time for Call With Blinken on Prisoners

TASHKENT—Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow would soon propose a time for a call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in which Blinken has said he wants to discuss an exchange of prisoners held in Russian and U.S. jails. Blinken said on Wednesday that Washington had made a “substantial offer”…


Russia Says Ukraine Shelling Killed Dozens of Ukrainian POWs; Ukraine Denies the Attack

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war who were captured after the fall of a southern port city in May. Russia said Ukraine’s military used U.S.–supplied multiple rocket launchers to strike the…